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| positron emissions tomography PET |
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| imaging technique used to see which areas of the brain are being activated while performing tasks |
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| the bundle of nerves within the spine that runs down the length of the back and transmits most messages back and forth between the body and brain |
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| the genetic transmission of characteistics from parents to their offspring |
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| long, thin cells that constitute the structural and functional unit of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain |
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| basic building blocks of hereditary |
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| chemicals released by neurons which determine the rate at which other neurons fire |
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| chemical communication system located throughout the body that uses hormones to send messages through the bloodstream to particular organs of the body |
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| computerized axial tomography (CT) |
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| imaging technique in which low levels of x rays are passed through the brain and a computer measures the amount of radiation absorbed by the brain cells and produces a relatively good image of the brain |
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| chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness or awareness, influence sensations and perceptions, and modify moods and cognitive process |
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| process of learning to control bodily states? |
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| an individuals state of awareness, including a persons feelings, sensations, ideas, and perceptions |
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| regular sequence of biological processes such as temperature and sleep that occurs every 24 hours |
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| state of conscioussness resulting from a narrowed focus of attention and characterized by heightened suggestibility |
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| systematic narrowing of attention on an image thought bodily process or external object with the goal of clearing ones mind and producing relaxation |
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| reduction of pain reported by patients after undergoing hypnosis |
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| study of relationships between sensory experience and the physical stimuli that cause them |
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| sense that provides information about the position and movement of individual body parts |
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| three semicircular canals located in the inner ear that provide sense of balance |
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| ESP-extrasensory perception |
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| group of psychic experiences that involves perceiving or sending information (images) outside normal sensory processes or channels: includes four general abilities: telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis |
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| study of peoples tendencies to make correct judgements, misses, and false alarms in detecting presence of stimuli |
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| tendency to perceive certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance, or lighting |
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| perceptions that misrepresent physical stimuli |
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| procedure that considers only one part of the stimuli presented at a time |
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| believes that dreams are the brains way of removing certain unneeded memories (dreams are mental housecleaning) |
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| first person to study and practice hypnosis. thought body had magnetic fluid which could be realigned |
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| thought dreaming served no function |
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